You can choose the following methods to specify RDAREAs in operation commands and utilities:

• Specifying an RDAREA name (direct specification)
• Specifying a group of RDAREAs (batch specification)
• Specifying ALL in an argument of an operation command or utility (ALL specification)

(a) Specifying an RDAREA name (direct specification)

You can specify one or more RDAREA names directly on the command line.

(b) Specifying a group of RDAREAs (batch specification)

You can use the method described below to specify RDAREAs in operation commands in the batch mode. This method enables you to specify a group of RDAREAs.

Table 1-5 Specifying a group of RDAREAs in the batch mode

Item	Example of character string pattern	Description	Example of specification
Right truncation	nnn*	The command searches for RDAREAs whose names begin with nnn.	RDUSER* The command searches for RDAREAs whose names begin with RDUSER.
	nnn*mmm*	The command searches for RDAREAs whose names begin with nnn and contain mmm.	RD*USER* The command searches for RDAREAs whose names begin with RD and contain USER.
	nnn*mmm	The command searches for RDAREAs whose names begin with nnn and end with mmm.	RD*USER The command searches for RDAREAs whose names begin with RD and end with USER.
Right and left truncation	*nnn*	The command searches for RDAREAs whose names contain nnn.	*RDUSER* The command searches for RDAREAs whose names contain RDUSER.
	*nnn*mmm*	The command searches for RDAREAs whose names contain nnn and mmm.	*RD*USER* The command searches for RDAREAs whose names contain RD and USER.
Left truncation	*nnn	The command searches for RDAREAs whose names end with nnn.	*RDUSER The command searches for RDAREAs whose names end with RDUSER.
	*mmm*nnn	The command searches for RDAREAs whose names contain mmm and end with nnn.	*RD*USER The command searches for RDAREAs whose names contain RD and end with USER.
	.nnn	The command searches for RDAREAs whose names end with nnn preceded by any one character for each period (.) that is specified. This method is supported only for pdcopy and pdrstr.	..RDUSER The command searches for RDAREAs whose names consist of 8 characters and end with RDUSER.

(c) Specifying ALL in an argument of an operation command or utility (ALL specification)

When ALL is specified, the processing is performed on all RDAREAs.

When you use ALL, it must be specified at the beginning of the arguments. Neither direct specification nor batch specification can be used together with an ALL specification.

1. Which of the specification methods is supported (direct specification, batch specification, ALL specification) depends on the operation command or utility. The table below shows for each command the specification methods that are supported.
   

   Table 1-6 Support of direct specification, batch specification, and ALL specification

   Operation command or utility		Specification method
   		Direct	Batch	ALL
   pdhold		Y	Y	Y
   pdrels		Y	Y	Y
   pdopen		Y	Y	Y
   pdclose		Y	Y	Y
   pddbls		Y	Y	Y
   pddbchg		Y	Y	Y
   pddbfrz		Y	Y	Y
   pdmemdb		Y	Y	Y
   pdbufmod		Y	N	N
   pdorbegin		Y	Y	N
   pdorcheck		Y	Y	Y
   pdrdrefls		Y	Y	Y
   pdorcreate		Y	N	N
   pdrorg		Y	N	N
   pdreclaim		Y	N	N
   pdpgbfon		Y	N	N
   pddbst	Predicting reorganization time	N	N	Y
   	Accumulating condition analysis results	Y	Y	Y
   	Logical analysis of RDAREA	Y	Y	Y
   	Physical analysis of RDAREA	Y	Y	Y
   pdcopy		Y	Y	N
   pdrstr		Y	Y	N

   Legend:

   Y: Supported

   N: Not supported

   
   
2. The maximum length of the character string used to specify RDAREAs depends on the limitations of the OS and shell scripts. An error will result if a specified character string exceeds the permissible maximum length, and the corresponding operation command or utility will not execute.
3. If an RDAREA name is specified in duplicate, the duplicates are eliminated during processing. However, for the following operation commands and utilities, any duplication of an RDAREA name will result in an error and the duplicates will not be eliminated:
   
   • pdorcreate -o
   • pdrorg
   • pdreclaim
   • pdpgbfon
4. The table below lists the maximum numbers of RDAREAs that can be specified. These are the numbers of RDAREAs that can be specified as targets of processing after duplicates have been eliminated. An error results if the number of RDAREAs (after duplicates have been eliminated) exceeds the applicable maximum value.
   

   Table 1-7 Maximum number of RDAREAs that can be specified

   Operation command or utility		Maximum number of RDAREAs with duplicates eliminated	Maximum number of RDAREAs that can be processed
   pdhold		4,096	No limit
   pdrels		4,096	No limit
   pdopen		4,096	No limit
   pdclose		4,096	No limit
   pddbls		4,096	No limit
   pddbchg		4,096	No limit
   pddbfrz		4,096	No limit
   pdmemdb		4,096	No limit
   pdbufmod		4,096	4,096
   pdorbegin		4,096	4,096
   pdorcheck		No limit	No limit
   pdrdrefls		No limit	No limit
   pdorcreate		When -o is specified: 1 When -r is specified: 4,095	When -o is specified: 1 When -r is specified: 4,095
   pdrorg		1	1
   pdreclaim		1	1
   pdpgbfon		1	1
   pddbst	Predicting reorganization time	1	No limit
   	Accumulating condition analysis results	4,096	No limit
   	Logical analysis of RDAREA	4,096	No limit
   	Physical analysis of RDAREA	4,096	No limit
   pdcopy		No limit	No limit
   pdrstr		No limit	No limit

1. The following apply to specifying the asterisk (*) and period (.) in character string patterns:
   
   • For pdcopy and pdrstr
     You can specify as many asterisks (*) and periods (.) as you wish at any locations within a character string pattern. However, a character string pattern cannot consist of only asterisks, or only periods, or only a combination of asterisks and periods.
     
   • For utilities other than pdcopy or pdrstr
     You can specify as many asterisks (*) as you wish at any locations within a character string pattern. However, a character string pattern cannot consist of only asterisks.
     
2. The percent sign (%) must not be specified in a character string pattern.
3. For an RDAREA name or pattern character string to be treated as being case sensitive, you must enclose the entire character string between double quotation marks ("). When a character string is not enclosed between double quotation marks ("), the system treats it as being in all uppercase letters. Note also that a character string that contains a space must be enclosed between double quotation marks ("). If you are using sh (Bourne shell), csh (C shell), or ksh (Korn shell), you must enclose the entire character string between single quotation marks (').
   Any pattern character string specified in pdcopy or pdrstr is always treated as being case sensitive regardless of whether it is enclosed between double quotation marks (").
   
4. When an RDAREA name is duplicated in different specification methods (such as the same RDAREA is included in a batch specification and in an RDAREA name specification, or in another batch specification), whether the RDAREA is processed more than once depends on the operation command or utility, as show in the table below.
   

   Table 1-8 Operation command or utility processing when an RDAREA name is duplicated

   Operation command or utility		Processing when an RDAREA name is duplicated
   pdhold		When -s is specified: Eliminates the duplicates. When an option other than -s is specified: Does not eliminate the duplicates and performs the processing as many times as the RDAREA name is specified.
   pdrels		Does not eliminate the duplicates and performs the processing as many times as the RDAREA name is specified.
   pdopen
   pdclose
   pddbls
   pddbchg		Eliminates the duplicates.
   pddbfrz		Does not eliminate the duplicates and performs the processing as many times as the RDAREA name is specified.
   pdmemdb		Eliminates the duplicates.
   pdbufmod		Not applicable
   pdorbegin		Eliminates the duplicates.
   pdorcheck
   pdrdrefls		Eliminates the duplicates.
   pdorcreate		Not applicable
   pdrorg		Not applicable
   pdreclaim
   pdpgbfon
   pddbst	Predicting reorganization time
   	Accumulating condition analysis results	Eliminates the duplicates.
   	Logical analysis of RDAREA
   	Physical analysis of RDAREA
   pdcopy
   pdrstr

5. The total number of characters in a specified character string pattern must not exceed the maximum permissible length for an RDAREA name (which is 30 characters).